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Hi all
this machine has developed a fault. It will play well for about five minutes and then the sound distorts. Switching off and on cures the fault for a few minutes and then it happens again. When i got this machine it was a complete wreck but it did have a working amplifier so apart from replacing the cut off flex i have done nothing to the amp. Tested the cartridge in another machine and its fine. Any ideas guys? Not sure what model it is because the label was missing along with some of the Rexine. In one of the photos i am pointing at a capacitor that's looking a little rough.

Well it seems like it was the smoothing cap after all .I replaced it [temporarily] with another and its been happily playing 45s for the last half hour .however this is the first time i have seen a capacitor rated this way [25 volts /1mO ] as apposed to MFDS .Can you explain please

I think it's just that the unit (in this case millifarads) is used in place of the decimal point, as is often done with resistance values, so that the rating of the component can be expressed in only three characters.

Thanks Edward. I was thinking early 70's the deck being only a three speed. It was a total wreck when I got it. Part of the rexine was torn off. The knobs were missing along with its flex and the arm had been snapped off. It was originally a grey colour. I have to say it sounds rather good especially for a Fidelity. My grandson wanted one of those Crosley crapophones for Xmas. Well let me tell you he isn't getting one he is getting this instead.

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